Few people has been asking me every now and then what medium I use for painting whenever they realize that I paint for leisure. So, here I am now, sharing them with you!
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These are the first batch I have used and I still try to get a good squeeze out of.
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Oil paints. It took me a while before settling on something I can really handle. I tried using watercolor, but it proved to be difficult. In fact, one of the most difficult art materials I have used so far.
Brushes. Of course, a "painter" has to own a set of brushes for painting. Through few trials and errors, I find it easier to use synthetic brushes when painting with oil paints. The paint glides on smoothly and it becomes easier to maneuver. Hog bristle paint brushes, for me, are the most difficult brushes to use for painting.
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These are the synthetic bristle brushes I use. I need to buy bigger sizes!
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Correct me if I am wrong. But, I think these are the hog-bristle brushes which I find difficult to use. I also use more paint and medium with these brushes than any other brushes I own.
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These are the mediums I use for painting. Turpentine and linseed oil. They make the paint glide on smoothly on canvasses, and evens out the spread of the paint. Using linseed oil in painting makes the finish glossy and helps paint dry faster.
I also use turpentine to clean my brushes. Expensive.
Besides being a tool in painting on canvasses itself, I also use this small spatula to mix paint on my palette. Owning it has been very useful!
This small bottle dropper helps me get small amount of linseed oil and turpentine whenever I need them. Pouring small amounts of things on small containers has been very challenging for me!
I know, this final fixative spray is for pastels, charcoals and pencil. But, finding art materials here in our city is very difficult. This is the only fixative I have seen everywhere, so I bought it. I use this one to protect my painting from cracking and dusts. So far, the paintings I sprayed it on are still free from cracks and dusts.
So, there! I am not a professional artist or what-so-ever, and I learn using these things on my own thru reading books by artists and watching painters paint. When I was about eleven or twelve years old, our school has this program for children with different talents, one of which is art, and I was lucky enough to be a part of it. We were given the opportunity to attend workshops with professional artists every weekends for that whole school year, and we painted, sketched and colored.
Painting is a leisure and I love it! It also entails a lot of patience, dedication, time and money to really master, and I am still in the process.
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